Lok Sabha

TNI Bureau: Congress MP from Koraput, Saptagiri Ulaka has raised seven key issues during Debate on Budget 2019 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday including non-inclusion of any of Odisha monuments in the Centre's list of 17 iconic sites. Earlier he…

TNI Bureau: Bureaucrat-turned BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi, who is tipped to be the party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhubaneswar in 2019 general elections, continues to meet common people as her routine work. Aparajita tweeted an…

Educations being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, majority of schools are under the purview of the State Governments and, therefore, it is for the respective State Government to take appropriate action in bringing…

The rate of industrial growth, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased by 4.8 per cent during April-October, 2015-16 as compared to the growth of 2.2 per cent during the same period of previous year i.e. 2014-15.…

The Ministry of Tourism has launched a Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) for three major segments of tourism industry, namely Tour Operators, Accommodation and Beaches, Backwaters, Lakes & Rivers sectors during…

As per Press Note 12 (2015 Series) dated 24th November, 2015, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has enhanced the foreign equity cap for Non-scheduled Air Transport Service and Ground Handling Services from 74% to 100% and…

Under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, the Central Government has successfully auctioned 31 Coal Mines. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable…

The Central Government has given several incentives to sugar industry to help it resolve liquidity problems and expeditiously clear cane price due of farmers during 2014-15. Here are the major measures taken by the ministry to address the…

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that grant of recognition to sports bodies as National Sports Federations (NSFs) is subject to fulfilment of the conditions…

During the first two quarters of 2015-16, SAIL incurred a total loss of Rs.1378 crore. The major reasons for losses are reduction in the Net Sales Realisation of saleable steel, increased expenditure towards royalty on iron ore, volatility…